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Independent distributor association leader shares six success strategies

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US-based Afflink believes independent distributors are the backbone of the American economy - despite having faced unprecedented challenges for years. To help these stalwarts succeed and thrive in 2024, Michael Wilson, Afflink's CEO and president, suggests the following six business strategies:
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Christeyns Professional Hygiene launches eco-friendly cleaning range

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As part of the wider Christeyns Group, Whaley Bridge-based Christeyns Professional Hygiene, is increasing its focus on sustainability and has launched its Green'R range of cleaning products that helps reduce ecological footprint.
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Amsterdam Innovation Awards now open for entries

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Calling all Interclean Amsterdam 2024 exhibitors! One of the most hotly contested competitions in the industry - the Amsterdam Innovation Awards, are now open for entries. This Awards program once again promises to be a highlight of the trade show and this time will feature a new twist...
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Taking infection prevention from the clinics to the casinos

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With the risk of environmentally transmitted infections such as flu and MRSA, the simple act of using a pen to fill out forms has become a potential vector for infectious diseases.
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PathoSans honours Alliance Française de Chicago with In Good Company Award

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PathoSans, a leading provider of sustainable and socially responsible cleaning and disinfecting solutions, has awarded Alliance Française de Chicago with its 'In Good Company' Award for its work to create a safer and more sustainable world.
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Paladin Holdings acquires industrial and commercial cleaning chemicals manufacturer, Texize

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Paladin Holdings, a portfolio company of Makai Capital Partners, has acquired Texize, of Greenville, South Carolina, US. Texize is a leading regional manufacturer of industrial and commercial soaps, detergents, and other associated cleaning products.
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Global Hospital Hygiene Management Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2032, now available

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The ‘Global Hospital Hygiene Management Market - Analysis and Forecast, 2022-2032’ report, new to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering, reveals that the global hospital hygiene management market has seen significant advancements in recent years. This, it says, is driven by the increasing emphasis on patient safety, infection control, and the ongoing Covid-19 outbreaks.
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Last chance for nominations for second annual Education Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award

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UMF|PerfectClean is requesting nominations for its second annual Education Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award, which acknowledges the contributions of custodial staff in schools across the US.

The Award provides managers and supervisors with an opportunity to recognise exceptional custodians who deliver a clean and hygienic environment for students, teachers and staff in K-12 schools, colleges and universities. Nominations are open through 15th December, 2023.
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Prochem takes training to UAE

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One of the United Arab Emirates’ largest FM companies, Cleanco, has engaged Prochem Europe to assist in staff training. Premier FM provider, Cleanco, undertakes and manages major regional contracts including Royal Palaces, a Governmental airport, several mosques - including the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (pictured) - and the UAE's largest hospital, the SSMC.
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Company has its first taste of green glory

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Chiswick Park & JPC by Samsic has won an International Green Apple Environment Award in the campaign to find the greenest companies.
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Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino scored big with PathoSans sustainable, safe cleaning

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Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, an iconic Las Vegas property known for its legendary entertainment and spacious guest rooms, is using PathoSans sustainable and socially responsible cleaning solutions to clean guest rooms efficiently, safely and sustainably.
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Welcome to the Cleanzine

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Welcome to the first Cleanzine broadcast for 2024. Happy New Year to you and let’s hope that this coming year's better for all of us than the last few have been! I must say it’s not started well for those who’ve had to overcome the recent weather extremes including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, flooding, excessive heat and drought – along with the not-so-natural disasters and struggles mankind’s constantly creating - and while I’d like to say, “Things can only get better” I won’t, since that’s not a given. Fingers crossed though… 
  
While tying up the loose ends on this issue I listened to Chris Guilfoyle’s latest ‘Cleaning Up Business’ Podcast, which featured Phil Smith, managing director of Indigo Integrated FM and co-chair of the Living Wage Foundation. As Phil’s also founder/chair of The Hill Club, (the UK cleaning industry’s networking club) and a Court Assistant at the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners – and with that, a Freeman City of London, he knows an awful lot about the industry and how it works and I have to say, listening to the podcast was an hour very well spent. 
  
For example, I’d thought I knew everything about the Living Wage and with that, had often wondered how, with businesses having to try and cut costs, (including cleaning costs) cleaning contractors could afford to pay even the legal minimum – let alone the £2-ish higher, voluntary Living Wage. After all, if the client can’t afford to pay a higher price for the contract then where’s the cleaning contractor going to get the money from to cover higher wages? 
  
Phil’s simple explanation of how employers can make the Living Wage work for them – rather than, perhaps as some people think, against them, was well thought out, logical and easy to understand. He talked about the development of cost models, for example, to find ways to enable a lot of the increases in wages to be absorbed, while improving productivity and employee loyalty, too. Adjusting shift patterns is a good ploy, since this allows you to reduce the percentage of downtime in each shift… say when it comes to employees getting uniforms and equipment out of the cupboard, getting ready for the shift, and then doing everything in reverse at the end of the shift. That’s done every shift, and the percentage of time it takes out of a two-hour shift as opposed to a four-hour shift is really high, isn’t it? There’s more like this and lots about the industry in general, so if you want to learn more, watch at https://lnkd.in/eUAfAF-8 or listen at: https://lnkd.in/eTyZt8Pa

 

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This Week's News

Cleanology set for record 2024 with new senior leadership team

* Cleanology-2024-leadership.jpgMulti-award winning commercial and office cleaning company, Cleanology, has strengthened its senior leadership team as it positions itself for a new era of growth.

Anthony Brown (front) has joined the fast-growing company as chief operating officer and will play a pivotal role in taking Cleanology to the next level across the UK.
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Six goals of an inbound marketing program… Useful insights from specialist Robert Kravitz

* Six-Goals_Kravitz.jpg“You need to have a solid inbound marketing strategy to attract more customers to your business. Inbound marketing is the opposite of outbound marketing, where you go out and chase prospects. Instead, inbound marketing focuses on creating valuable content that draws people in and makes them want to learn more about your offerings.

There are six goals of an effective inbound marketing program. These are:
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Global disinfection robots market booms as demand soars, triggering innovation & strategic investments

* Global-Disinfection-Robots-Market.jpgAccording to Arizton's latest research report, the disinfection robots market will increase at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 31.02% from 2022 to 2028.
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Government response to life-saving campaign 'disappointing' and 'complacent', says industry leader

* Industry-leader-slams-Government.jpgThe leader of one of the UK's biggest industries - that encompassing cleaning - has accused the Government of being 'dismissive, arrogant and completely missing the point' for continuing to disregard a campaign that could help save thousands of lives and ease Winter pressures on the NHS.

The British Cleaning Council, which represents the £59bn cleaning, hygiene & waste industry, wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in early October in support of a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Cleaning & Hygiene Industry, entitled 'Embedding Effective Hygiene for a Resilient UK'.
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Exemplifying ideal blend of technology and hospitality: Pudu elevates hotel with smart robotic solutions

* Exemplifying-smart-robotics.jpgPudu Robotics is refreshing the hotel industry with its innovative robotic solutions. For the hotels, how to elevate service quality continuously while controlling operation costs has always been a challenge. Maintaining a balance between automation and human interaction has emerged as a managerial art.

Pudu's advanced robotics technology is at the forefront of addressing these problems, integrating the efficiency of robotics with the warmth of human touch.
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RAS supports Singapore National Environment Agency’s Clean Public Toilets campaign

* RAS-Public-Toilets-campaign.jpgThe Restroom Association Singapore joined Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability & the Environment Mr Baey Yam Keng, the Public Hygiene Council and the Singapore Kindness Movement, to launch the National Environment Agency’s ‘Clean Public Toilets’ campaign at One Punggol Hawker Centre late last year.

The theme of the campaign is ‘Are you nice when no one's around? Do it right for everyone’ and it aims to encourage users of public toilets to practise the socially desirable actions of 'Clean, Flush, Dry & Bin'.
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Registration now open for Cleaning Products Europe 2024

* Cleaning-Products-Europe-2024.jpgThe Cleaning Products Europe Conference 2024, being held in Prague, Czech Republic on 9th - 10th April, is now open for registration. Dedicated to providing focused insights on new trends and innovations in the cleaning products industry, the event brings together the biggest names from across the cleaning products value chain, from cleaning products manufacturers to chemical suppliers, regulatory bodies and retailers, to share knowledge and ideas.

At Cleaning Products delegates will be able to:
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Promoting visible sustainability initiatives may help encourage people to return to your facility

* Promoting-visible-sustainability.jpgTo help understand how environmental sustainability considerations may affect UK consumer behaviours and perceptions, SC Johnson Professional commissioned YouGov to survey a representative sample of consumers in the UK, with a total of 2,093 people responding.

It is no surprise that the general population is becoming more environmentally conscious, with the extent of plastic pollution often making headlines. These perceptions should impact the way we manage our facilities - SC Johnson Professional found that visible sustainability efforts may make people more likely to return to your facility.
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Arup has designs on Metsä Group's new UK tissue paper mill

* Arup-Metsa-UK.jpgMetsä Group has selected Arup as one of its partners to design its new, state-of-the art tissue paper mill on a 200-acre site in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire.

With the planned investment, Metsä Group's tissue paper business aims to replace almost half of imported essential tissue products and bring locally produced, sustainable tissue products to the UK, increasing the country's self-sufficiency in this sector by 30%.
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Recent UK News

Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship UK launches 1st January, 2024

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With the launch date for the Level 2 Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship confirmed as 1st January 2024, an appeal has been made to cleaning sector firms to take advantage of rules on gifting funds to allow more industry apprentices to be supported.
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WRAP helps councils digest incoming food waste collection regs

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New legislation means that Local Authorities will have to implement changes to food waste collection services from March 2026, and to help with planning and preparation, WRAP (Waste Resources Action Programme) has issued useful guidance and is also hosting a webinar at the end of next month.
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Birkin start the year on a high note!

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Well done to Birkin Group who kicked off 2024 with a fantastic food donation drive for the Thurrock Foodbank, with its team having worked together in December to collect food for people who need it most.
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Innovation Lab conference opens delegate registrations

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The industry's Innovation Lab, bringing together over 600 facilities management and security senior stakeholders, has now been announced to take place on Thursday 15th February 2024 at the home of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, ACC Liverpool.
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SOAPBOX: Navigating Accountability: Who's to blame when PAT testing goes wrong?

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Juliet Widdicombe, associate director at Cleanology, sheds light on the intricacies of PAT testing mistakes, and who is to blame when it all goes wrong…
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Delphis Eco announces personalised carbon reports for customers, live from COP28

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COP28 was the setting for multi-award-winning UK manufacturer and eco-cleaning company, Delphis Eco, to announce the launch of personalised carbon reports for its customers.
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NHS chooses P-Wave to deliver blood in pee cancer warnings for men

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Urinal mats in public places in England will begin to carry blood in pee cancer warnings for men, as part of a major new NHS earlier diagnosis drive. 

The NHS has chosen P-Wave – a leading urinal products brand – to put the message “Blood in your pee? Contact your GP practice” on urinal mats in thousands of men’s toilets across the country. Pubs, restaurants, shops, hotels and sports stadiums will be among the public places using the lifesaving mats with men’s workplaces also targeted.
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Events & Exhibitions

ISSA Show North America
18-21st November 2024
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Interclean China 2024
11-13th December 2024
Shanghai
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London Cleaning Show
18-20th March 2025
ExCel London
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ISSA Pulire 2025
27-29th May 2025
Rho Fiera Milano
Italy

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